I saved up my photos and information about Washington, D.C.’s presidential sites for this week, right before Presidents’ Day, so I could honor our country’s presidents, past and present. As you would expect, there are lots of sites in and
With so many of Washington, D.C.’s attractions being free, most of the expense of a D.C. vacation ends up being lodging. That might give the average family more room in the budget for a nice hotel. With over a
As we were planning our DC vacation, I read descriptions of various attractions to my family and they rated each attraction on a scale of 1 to 10. My kids’ first impression when I mentioned the Bureau of Printing and
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the Library of Congress might be the most underrated attraction in Washington, D.C. I looked up several top ten must-see lists for D.C. and didn’t find it on any
In 2011, a memorial to honor one of the greatest orators and Civil Rights champions in American history, Martin Luther King, Jr., opened to the public in the National Mall area of Washington, D.C. The memorial is significant because it
Freedom is not free. This powerful reminder comes from the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Unless you are planning a 2-week trip to D.C., you will have to make some tough choices about which attractions to see and
The opportunity to view giant pandas is an excellent reason to put the National Zoo on your D.C. trip itinerary. Only three zoos in the U.S. have pandas. (The other two are Atlanta and Memphis. When I first wrote this
